wag
verb (used with object)
to move from side to side, forward and backward, or up and down, especially rapidly and repeatedly.
had been wagging
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past perfect progressiveof wag.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Rabadash had been wagging his ears all the time and as soon as Aslan said, "The hour has struck!" the ears began to change.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
Then with intuitive suspicion she flashed a look at Steve and knew that his tongue had been wagging.
From The Heart of the Hills by John Fox
"Ah then, musha, look at me pot," cried Mrs. Clancy, who had been troubled by no scruples and whose tongue had been wagging freely during the course of their transit to Monavoe.
From North, South and over the Sea by M.E. (Mrs. Francis Blundell) Francis
